Student file of Ellis Childers, a member of the Creek Nation, who entered the school on January 22, 1881 and departed on June 17, 1884. The file contains a student information card, a newspaper clipping from the Sherman Institute, correspondence, financial transactions, and legal documents regarding Childers' departure date from Carlisle. The…
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Student file of Charles Hood, a member of the Modoc Nation, who entered the school on September 16, 1885, and departed on July 6, 1888. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, correspondence, and a report after leaving indicating that Hood was ranching in Klamath Agency, Oregon in 1911.
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Student file of Charles Dubray, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on September 15, 1889, and departed on June 19, 1894. The file contains a student information card, correspondence, a picture postcard, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving that indicates Dubray was a farmer in Cantonment, Oklahoma, in…
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Student file of Julius Brown, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on August 27, 1892, and departed on July 4, 1893. The file contains a student information card, correspondence, and a report after leaving indicating that Brown was working in Real Estate in White Earth, Minnesota, in 1910.
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Student file of Jesse Kenjockety, a member of the Cayuga Nation, who entered the school on September 16, 1892, and ultimately departed on March 29, 1909. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains multiple student information cards, an application for enrollment, a progress report card,…
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Student file of Joseph Sheehan, a member of an Alaskan Nation, who entered the school on August 21, 1899, and departed on July 12, 1907. The file contains student information cards, correspondence, news clippings, a returned student survey, a photo postcard, former student response postcards, a pamphlet for the YMCA of Frederick, Maryland, and…
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Student file of Bird Partridge, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on September 2, 1901, and departed on September 7, 1906. The file contains correspondence, a student information card, a trade card, returned student surveys, and a report after leaving indicating that he was a merchant farmer in 1910 and 1911…
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Student file of Leon Jure, a member of the Mission Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1907 and departed on September 26, 1910. The file contains a student information card, correspondence, newspaper clippings, a returned student survey, applications for enrollment, an outing record, a medical/physical record, a progress/conduct card…
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Student file of Ella Frank, a member of the Nez Perce Nation, who entered the school on September 4, 1907 and ultimately departed on September 4, 1913. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a trade/position record card, a progress/conduct card, correspondence,…
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Student file of Don G. Ortego, a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on October 15, 1910 and departed on June 3, 1915. The file contains an application for enrollment, student information cards, a medical/physical record, an outing evaluation, progress/conduct cards, outing records, a trade/position record card, a federal…
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Student file of Helen Whitecalf, a member of the Arikara Nation, who entered the school November 14, 1910 and departed September 4, 1913. The file contains letters/correspondence, financial transactions, a student information card, an outing record, a medical/physical records, an application for enrollment, a progress/conduct card, and an…
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Student file of Edwin Miller, a member of the Miami Nation, who entered the school on October 24, 1911, graduated in 1917, and ultimately departed on June 9, 1917. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, correspondence, trade record…
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Student file of Max La Chapelle, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on January 18, 1913 and departed on February 21, 1918. The file contains a student information card, progress/conduct reports, correspondence, applications for enrollment, an outing record, medical/physical records, outing reports, a pamphlet from a band…
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Student file of William Little Wolf, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1913 and ultimately departed on June 16, 1917. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains photographs, student information cards, a medical/physical record, applications for enrollment,…
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Student file of Howard Metoxen, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school in September 26, 1913, and departed on June 12, 1917. It includes student information cards, an outing record, outing evaluations, correspondence between him and the school, correspondence about him, an application for enrollment, a federal financial aid…
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Student file of Benjamin Night Pipe, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 10, 1913 and ultimately departed on April 13, 1917. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, outing evaluations, an outing record,…
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Student file of Anita Davis, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on January 28, 1915 and departed on August 28, 1918. The file contains a student information card, an application for enrollment, medical/physical records, outing evaluations, an outing record, correspondence, a federal financial aid form, progress/…
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Student file of Thomas Hawk, a member of the Hidatsa Nation, who entered the school on November 5, 1915 and ultimately departed on June 3, 1917. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, medical/physical records, a vacation request form, a draft registration…
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Student file of James Thompson, a member of the Creek Nation, who entered the school on December 8, 1916, and departed on June 10, 1918. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, financial transactions, and correspondence about Thompson's work at the Ford Motor Company.
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Student file of Edward Waterman, a member of the Onondaga Nation, who entered the school on September 2, 1917, and departed on June 8, 1918. The file contains a student information card, a vacation request form, a federal financial aid form, an application for enrollment, correspondence, a certificate of promotion, and a financial transaction.…
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July 27, 1900 - October 27, 1919
Personnel file of John Francis Jr., who served as Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School from April 1, 1917 to July 2, 1918. The file includes information from Francis' previous positions within the Civil Service, including as Clerk in the Permanent Census Bureau, Clerk in the Office of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior,…
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January 11, 1905 - April 1, 1939, August 5, 1968
This folder contains documents related to Charles E. Dagenett's time in the Indian Service as Supervisor of Indian Employment. Dagenett enrolled at Carlisle in 1887 and graduated in 1891. Though he did work on and off in the Service in the 1891-1905 period, this folder only covers Dagenett's employment from 1905 onwards, (see his Service Record…
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January 16, 1908 - April 3, 1909
These materials include numerous letters regarding Moses Friedman's transfer from the Assistant Superintendence at Haskell Institute to the Superintendence of the Carlisle Indian School. Friedman replaces Major William A. Mercer, who is required to return to his military regiment. As part of his transfer, Friedman's annual salary increases from…
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January 28, 1908 - February 26, 1914
Howard Fremont Stratton, Director of the Art Department at the School of Industrial Art of the Pennsylvania Museum, asks Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells why the Bureau of Indian Affairs does not pay the living expenses of Indian students, many of whom formerly attended Carlisle, accepted to his school. Stratton also forwards Sells an…
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May 31, 1893, December 21, 1908 - September 6, 1912
This folder contains materials related to Mollie Gaither's time working in the Indian Service. Only the materials relevant to her time as Carlisle's Girl's Field Agent have been included. She was at Carlisle from October of 1904 until September of 1912.
The first PDF contains Gaither's service record card, a portrait, and paperwork…
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